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CLEAI:4_t,!G
_T.We
recommend
that
you
clean
ihe
underside
of
your
mower
afler
each use
l
CAUT!ON:
DISCONNECT
SPARK
PLUG|
WIRE
FROM
SPARK
PLUG
AND
PLACE
WIRE
WHERE
IT CANNOT
COME
IN
CONTACT
WITH
THE
SPARK
PLUG.
.
J
iNSPECTiNG CUTTER BLADE
® Cutter
btade
must
be straight
{see
Figure
14).
Any
_mpact
severe
enough
to bend
a blade
has
also
caused
m_croscopic
cracks
in
the
blade.
Bent
blades
should
be
replaced
because
the
cracked
portions
could
break
off,
becomi;_g
dangerous
and
capable
of
inflicbng
serious
iniuries.
Fig. 15
_ The
cutting
ends
of
the
blade
should
be in-
spected
_or cracks
developing
at points
marked
"A"
s.nd i'B"
in Figure
t5. Tb, ese are developing
poin[s,
either
from
ursharpened
to sharpened
edges
ot flora
rounded
to fiat areas
of the bade.
Abraswe
parhctes
cause
cracks
by weanng
the
steel
during
wowing.
At the first sign of a crack,
the cutter
blade
should
be replaced
CioIANG_NG BLADE
_:, Set
[he mower
on a driveway
or concrete
floor,
disconnect
spark
plug
wire
and _[p it over
on its
left side so crank
case
oil will not draJr
into the
carburetor
and air filter,
e Put
on gloves
for
protection
against
the blade
edges.
e As shows
in Figure
16, use a piec,s
of 2" x 4"
lumber
about
14" long
(rough
metric
equivalent:
4 _: 9 _. 3_ on}
_s a stop.
insert
the step
between
the cutler
blade
and the floor.
': L_se a wrench
to remove
the mounting
bolt, lock-
washer
and c_tter
blade
® ins,'811 sharp
curlier
bade
as shown
in Figures
i6
and
7. ,3e surebiade
is correctlymeunted
on the
adaptor
inst_
the
iockwasher
aRd
bo!t
a.nd
make
the bolt
fnger
tight
® Reinsert
lhe 2 _: 4stop
between
Use floor
and the
cutter
blade,
but this time at the front
ol the deck,
Tighten
!he bolt with
a wrench
(to 35A0
ft. IbS. or
47.5--542
Nrn)
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